Recently added articles from Folia Zoologica:
Chromosomal studies on Greek populations of four small rodent species
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. The results of a karyological study on the dormice Myoxus glis (2n=62) and Dryomys nitedula (2n=48), the ground squirrel Spermophilus citellus (2n=40) and the red bank vole Myodes glareolus (2n=56) from Greece are presented. Apart from the clarification of their diploid chromosome ...
Karyotypes of three species of molossid bats (Molossidae, Chiroptera) from India and western Africa
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. Conventional and G- banded karyotypes are reported for three species of molossid bats from India (Chaerephon plicatus) and Senegal (Ch. pumilus, Mops condylurus). The chromosome diploid number 2n = 48 and the number of chromosomal arms FN= 54 were recorded, similarly as in the previous ...
Bats in a Carpathian beech-oak forest (Central Europe): habitat use, foraging assemblages and activity patterns
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. Carpathian forests represent unique and well-preserved ecosystems in relatively intensively managed forests of Europe. Habitat use, foraging assemblages and activity patterns of a bat community were investigated in semi-natural beech-oak forest by monitoring echolocation calls and ...
The structure of vertebrate predator community in north-eastern Belarus before and after naturalization of the American mink and raccoon dog
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. The structure of the vertebrate predator community in north-eastern Belarus has been examined before and after naturalization of the American mink and raccoon dog. Species composition of the community, population density and biomass, portion of each species in the pooled community ...
Density and demography of wolf, Canis lupus population in the western-most part of the Polish Carpathian Mountains, 1996-2003
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. In Central Europe, where most wolf populations persist in habitats altered by humans, the dynamics of these populations are significantly influenced by human activities. Our studies in the western-most part of the Polish Carpathian Mts, 1996-2003, revealed that the winter density of ...
What is more important: nest-site concealment or aggressive behaviour? A case study of the red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. The aim of this study was to check what decide about breeding success in red-backed shrike Lanius collurio: nest-site concealment or parent's aggressive behaviour. The study was carried out in eastern Poland in 1999-2003, on study plot consisted of 855 ha of extensively agricultural ...
Effect of season, weather and habitat on diet variation of a feeding-specialist: a case study of the long-eared owl, Asio otus in Central Poland
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. Diet variation of the long-eared owl, Asio otus in an agricultural landscape of Central Poland was investigated on the basis of pellets collected in the years 1983-2005. Diet composition in the spring-summer (16 April - 30 September) and autumn-winter (1 October - 15 April) seasons was ...
Age, growth and diet of the Iberian loach, Cobitis paludica in two different environments
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. Several aspects of growth and feeding of C. paludica have been assessed in two different environments: a lenitic and a lotic hydrosystem, Portil lagoon and Rivera de Cala river respectively. Growth patterns showed some differences with Iberian loach growing slower in the lagoon than in ...
External morphology and growth rate of white-eye bream Ballerus sapa (Cyprinidae, Teleostei) in a lowland dam reservoir on the lower Vistula River (Wloclawek Reservoir, central Poland)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. To address the dearth of information on the biology of white-eye bream in its novel range of Europe, we examined the morphology and growth rate of specimens inhabiting a dam reservoir on the lower Vistula River and compared the results with those from other waters of native and ...
Species richness of vertebrates in the Czech Republic
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. The species richness of free-living vertebrates was analysed using mapping of occurrence within individual grid squares (12 x 11.1 km) over the territory of the Czech Republic. The data on species distribution were derived from recent distributional atlases published in the last 15 ...
New records of the Alcathoe bat, Myotis alcathoe in Moravia (Czech Republic)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. A male Myotis alcathoe was identified morphologically among 119 road traffic casualties sampled in 2007 in southern Moravia (Czech Republic). Two additional male M. alcathoe were found among six carcasses collected in 1999 on roads in northern Moravia. Identification of all three ...